Solid-State Light Source Heat-Radiating Metal Shell and Light Source Engine, and Method and Mould for Manufacturing Same

ABSTRACT

The invention proposes a solid-state light heat dissipation metal shell ( 1 ) and a light-source engine, a. using the shell as a heat sink and adopting a metal plate to process and shape; b. optimizing the wall thickness of the heat dissipation metal shell ( 1 ); c. the side wall ( 2 ) is made by the stretch of the metal plate from a rear shell ( 9 ) or/and a front shell ( 4 ), and provided with a ventilation window ( 3 ) with a louver type or staggered structure; d. a reflecting cup ( 26 ) is provided to solve the glare problem. The invention also proposes a production method and a mold thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The invention relates to the field of solid-state light source heatdissipation and illumination, particularly to an outer shell being usedas a heat sink for an solid-state light source radiator and alight-source engine

2. Description of Related Arts

The key obstacle to the popularity of LED lighting is the too expensiveoffer. The cost of LED lights can be divided into three parts: an LEDlight source, a power source and a structure, the structure comprises aradiator. The cost of the structure will be the main cost.

The reasons why the current structure has high cost are as follows: itlacks of proper theory and technology of “Heat Transfer Science”, whichare clearly demonstrated in the followings: 1. it is unclear thatconvection heat transfer is the key; 2. the basic principle ofconvection heat transfer is not understood, ensuring the smooth flow ofair passing through a heat sink is a basic requirement for convectionheat transfer.

Natural convection heat transfer is the best choice for the LEDlighting. However, those skilled in the art generally do not know thatthe power-driven natural convection of air flow is very weak, ensuringthe smooth air flow, especially the convection from the bottom to thetop, is the most critical in the natural convection.

Currently, when heat dissipation metal shell is used as the heat sinkfor the LED lighting, a convection window is not provided on heatdissipation metal shell, even if the convection window is provided butthe openings are not opened enough; the problem that the differentinstallation angles of a light will affect the smooth flow of naturalupward convection is not taken into account.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The main object of the invention is to solve the problem of the highcost of the structure by using the shell of a lamp as an solid-statelight source heat dissipation metal shell (a heat sink), and having anenough convection window opened on the shell for ensuring the smooth airflow through the shell.

Additional advantages and features of the invention will become apparentfrom the description which follows, and may be realized by means of theinstrumentalities and combinations particularly point out in theappended claims.

The invention has the following solution for an solid-state light sourceheat dissipation metal shell: an heat dissipation metal shell includes aside wall and a front shell, or a side wall and a rear shell, or a sidewall, a front shell and a rear shell, the heat dissipation metal shellis provided with a contact heat-transfer surface contacting ansolid-state light source directly or indirectly, part or all of the heatgenerated by the solid-state light source is transferred to the surfaceof the heat dissipation metal shell through the contact heat-transfersurface and dissipated out.

The heat dissipation metal shell is characterized in that: the heatdissipation metal shell is made of metal plat by a punching process, theside wall is formed by the stretch of the metal plate of the rear shell,or the front shell, or the rear shell and the front shell; a ventilationwindow with an louver type structure or a staggered structure isprovided on the side wall, a cut line of the ventilation window adopts astructure along the stretch direction of the side wall, the permeationratio of the side wall is not less than 0.20; the rear shell is providedwith a contact heat-transfer surface contacting the solid-state lightsource directly or indirectly; the front shell is provided with acontact heat-transfer surface contacting the solid-state light sourcedirectly or indirectly. The solid-state light source is generallyprovided with a heat conduction plate or a heat conduction core.

The contact heat-transfer surface of the invention is particularly acontact surface for ensuring heat conduction transfer, therefore, thecontact surface shall be big enough and have the contact tight enough bytaking the measures such as compression, interference fit, the additionof a thermally conductive adhesive or welding.

The side wall permeation rate is defined as the quotient obtained by theeffective ventilation area of the ventilation window on the side walldivided by the area of the side wall, it will be defined in detaillater.

A technical solution to solve the glare problem is proposed in theinvention: the solid-state light source is provided with a reflectingcup, more than one half of the light from the solid-state light sourceirradiates on the reflecting surface of the reflecting cup and then isreflected out of the light-source engine.

The invention also proposes a method for producing the heat dissipationmetal shell, being characterized in that: for the shaped method with alouver type or staggered structure ventilation window on the side wall,a shaped convex tooth moves axially, pushes a metal shell wall to bedeformed inwardly, and thus an inwardly bent fin is formed and aventilation opening with a louver type or staggered structure for theventilation window is formed.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the inventionwill become apparent from the following detailed description, theaccompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 are characteristic sectional diagrams of three kinds ofa solid-state light source engine of the invention, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a characteristic sectional diagram of a kind of staggeredstructure ventilation window, wherein b is the width of an opening 16, cis the width of a fin 15 b and e is the width of a fin 15 a.

FIG. 4 is a characteristic sectional diagram of a kind of louver typestructure ventilation window, wherein f is the distance between twoopening cuts, and b is the width of a opening 16.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are characteristic sectional diagrams of three kinds ofsolid-state light source engine of the invention, respectively.

FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 are characteristic diagrams of three kinds of cutline with radiation-shaped structures, respectively. If the cut line 22is not in the same plane, FIGS. 9-11 shall be projection or a top downschematic diagram.

FIG. 12 is a perspective sectional explosive diagram of a kind of theheat dissipation metal shell of the invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective sectional diagram of a kind of the heatdissipation metal shell of the invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective sectional diagram of a kind of the solid-statelight source engine of the invention.

FIG. 15 is a characteristic sectional diagram of a mold of a generalprocessing method of a staggered structure ventilation window.

FIG. 16 is a characteristic sectional diagram of a mold of a generalprocessing method of a louver type structure ventilation window.

FIG. 17 is a perspective diagram of a kind of the heat dissipation metalshell of the invention, showing a structure feature of a louver typestructure ventilation window on the side wall.

FIG. 18 is a partial enlarged diagram of the Part S in FIG. 17.

FIG. 19 is a characteristic structural diagram of a kind of the mold ofa louver type structure ventilation window on a side wall of theinvention.

FIG. 20 is a characteristic diagram of showing a formation process of aninwardly bent fin on a side wall of the invention.

FIG. 21 is a perspective diagram of a kind heat dissipation metal shellof the invention.

FIG. 22 is a partial enlarged diagram of the Part T in FIG. 21.

FIG. 23 is a perspective diagram of a kind heat dissipation metal shellof the invention.

FIGS. 24-27 are characteristic diagrams of four kinds of light-sourceengine of the invention respectively, which use the technical solutionfor decreasing glare.

FIG. 28 and FIG. 29 are diagrams for determining the dividing points ofa side wall, a rear shell and a front shell of a heat dissipation metalshell of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 shows a kind of solid-state light source engine of the invention,a side wall 2 and a front shell 4 of a heat dissipation metal shell 1are made of the same metal plate, the heat dissipation metal shell 1 isprovided therein with a heat sink 8, the side wall is provided with aventilation window 3 of a staggered structure, a ventilation window 5provided on the front shell 4 adopts a louver type structure, asolid-state light source 6 is set on a heat conduction plate 7, the heatconduction plate 7 is directly adhered to the middle of the front shell4, the contact surface between the middle of the front shell 4 and theheat conduction plate 7 is a contact heat-transfer surface which is adirect contact heat-transfer surface herein.

In FIG. 2, the side wall 2 and the rear shell 9 are made of the samemetal plate, the middle of the rear shell 9 is provided with a contactheat-transfer surface directly contacting the heat conduction plate 7.The rear shell 9 is provided thereon with a ventilation window 10 with astaggered structure, the side wall 2 is provided with the ventilationwindow 3 with a louver type structure. The solid-state light source 6 isprovided with a light-source cup 11.

FIG. 3 shows a characteristic structure of a staggered structureventilation window, a continuous metal-plate surface with the length ofL is cut and punched into a plurality of fin 15 a and fin 15 b, the fins15 a and the fins 15 b are staggered and arrayed, two ends of thepunched sheet 15 b shall be still connected with the original metalplate and shall not be cut off. In the figure, an air flow line 17 showsthat air passes from one surface to the other surface from an opening16.

FIG. 4 shows the basic characteristic structure of a ventilation windowwith a louver type structure: the metal plate is cut, the metal sheet atthe cut part is bent and forms a opening 16 (i.e. a ventilationopening). In the figure, the continuous metal plate with the length of Lis cut and punched into five segments of the fins 15 with the distancef, two ends of the fin 15 should be still connected with a virgin metalplate and not be cut of, the air flow line 17 shows that air passes fromone surface to the other surface from the opening 16.

in FIG. 5, the heat dissipation metal shell 1 includes the front shell 4and the rear shell 9, the side wall 2 is divided into two segments whichare formed by the stretch of the metal plate of the front shell 4 andthe rear shell 9, respectively, the ventilation windows provided on thefront shell 4, the rear shell 9 and the side wall 2 are a louver typestructure. The heat dissipation metal shell 1 is still provided thereinwith a heat sink of which fins 13 extends out of a cylindrical surfaceof a heat conduction cylinder 12.

In FIG. 6, the side wall 2 is formed by the stretch of the metal plateof the rear shell 9; the middle of the rear shell 9 is stretchedforwards (according to the invention, the illuminating direction of thesolid-state light source is defined as the forward direction, otherwiseit is defined as the backward direction), an ventilation window 901 witha louver type structure is provided on a stretched wall, a staggeredstructure ventilation window can be also adopted; the front shell 4adopts a structure which is stretched backwards, and can forms alight-source cup of the solid-state light source 6. The figure stillshows that the heat dissipation metal shell 1 is provided therein withfin 13 with a lamination structure.

In FIG. 7, the rear shell 9 adopts a structure stretched forwards, aventilation window 901 is provided on a stretched wall, a ventilationwindow 401 is also provided on the wall of the front shell which isstretched backwards, In the figure, the ventilation window 901 and 401are a louver type structure (can also be a staggered structure). The cutlines of the ventilation window 401 and the ventilation window 901 onthe stretched walls shall adopt the structure along the stretchdirection of the stretched wall (it is also the axis direction of theheat dissipation metal shell 1). When the ventilation window is providedon the side wall of the heat dissipation metal shell and the frontshell, the ratio of the sum of the effective ventilation area of theventilation window on the side wall and that on the front shell againstthe ideal ventilation area of the rear shell shall not be less than 0.2.

In FIG. 7, the solid-state light source 6 is set on the front endsurface of a heat conduction core 18, the middles of the front shell 4and the rear shell 9 adopt a sleeve structure, Portion 19 b of the frontshell 4 and Portion 19 a of the rear shell 9 are sleeved on thecylindrical surface of the heat conduction core 18, the contact surfacebetween the portions 19 a, 19 b and the heat conduction core 18 is thecontact heat-transfer surface. The heat dissipation metal shell 1 isprovided therein with fin 13, the fin 13 adopts a sleeve structure,Portion 19 c of the fin 13 is sleeved on Portion 19 b of the front shell4, the heat transferred into the fins 13 is transferred from Portion 19c.

In FIG. 8, the middle of the rear shell 9 adopts a sleeve barrelstructure, a sleeve barrel 14 is inserted into the heat conduction core18, the contact surface between the sleeve barrel 14 and the heatconduction core 18 is the contact heat-transfer surface.

A fastening connection structure is provided between the edge of theside wall or the side-wall extending section and the edge of the frontshell or the extending section of the front shell, the fasteningconnection can adopt welding, paste, buckle connection, interference fitconnection, peripheral accessory pressing connection or clampingconnection, the contact area therebetween shall be big enough for heattransfer.

FIG. 6 shows that the fastening connection between the edge of the sidewall 2 and the edge of the front shell 4 adopts an interference fitstructure, as is shown in the local part A of the figure. The outerdiameter of the edge is bigger than the inner diameter of the edge ofthe side wall, the so called interference fit connection is that theside wall 2 forcibly sleeves onto the front shell 4. FIG. 7 and FIG. 8show that the fastening connection between the edges of the side wall 2and the front shell 4 adopts a buckle connection structure, as is shownin the local part B of FIG. 7 and the local part C of FIG. 8.

If the front shell, the rear shell and the fin heat sink are providedwith the louver type or the staggered structure ventilation window, thecut line shall adopt a structure with a radiation shape, FIGS. 9, 10, 11show three kinds of cut line 20 with the radiation shape respectively,the cut line 20 in FIG. 9 is an arc line shape, the cut line 20 in FIG.10 and FIG. 11 is a straight line shape.

The heat dissipation metal shell of the invention shown in FIG. 12includes the front shell 4 and the rear shell 9, the side wall 2 isformed by the stretch of the metal material of the rear shell 9. Therear shell 9 adopts a structure stretched forwards, the ventilationwindow 901 with the louver type structure is provided on the stretchedwall. The front shell 4 adopts a structure stretched backwards, aventilation window 401 with the louver type is provided on the stretchedwall. The figure shows that the cut line of the ventilation window onthe stretched wall of the front shell 4 and the middle of the rear shell9 is along the stretch direction of the stretched wall and is the samewith the axis direction of the heat dissipation metal shell; the cutline of the ventilation window 3 on the side wall is also along thestretch direction, the ventilation window 3 also adopts a louver typestructure.

In FIG. 13, the middle of the front shell 4 and the rear shell 9 adoptsthe sleeve structure, see Portions 19 a and 19 b; the interference fitconnection and the buckle connection are adopted between the front-shellextending section 402 of the front shell 4 and the side-wall extendingsection 201 of the side wall 2, as is shown in the local part D of thefigure, the outer edge of the side-wall extending section 201 isprocessed into a structure with a C-shaped section or a U-shapedsection, the outer edge of the front-shell extending section 402 packsthe outer edge of the side-wall extending section 201, it belong to abuckle connection.

In FIG. 14, the outer edge of the side-wall extending section 201 isprocessed to have the C-shaped section, and provided with an innerreinforcing ring 22, as is shown in the local part F of the figure.

FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are diagrams of the general processing shapingmethods of a louver type structure and a staggered structure, an uppermold 101 and a lower mold 102 are provided, the upper mold 101 isprovided thereon with convex teeth 103, the movement of convex teeth 103relative to the metal plate 104 is vertical (or subvertical), as isshown in Arrow 105. As the side wall of the shell of a lamp is generallyin a barrel shape, if the side wall is provided thereon with theventilation window with the above method (as is shown in FIGS. 13, 14),the production efficiency will be low. The invention proposes thefollowing solution.

FIG. 17 shows a heat dissipation metal shell 1 of the invention, theventilation window 3 on the side wall 2 is a louver type structure. Anouter edge surface 817 is provided at the junction of the side wall 2and the front shell 4, the outer edge surface 817 is provided thereonwith a tooth notch 818 (which is formed by the axis punching of a shapedconvex tooth). From FIG. 18 it can be clearly seen that the edge of thetooth notch 818 consists of an edge surface cut line 820 and a bend-edge819, the edge surface cut line 820 is connected with a side wall cutline 822, an inwardly bent fin 824 is formed from the virgin metal plateof the shell wall which is cut and pushed by the shaped convex toothinwards (forward the inside of the shell), so that an inwardly bent fincut line 821 is separated from the side wall cut line 822 and theventilation opening 823 is formed, the junction between the inwardlybent fin 824 and the outer edge surface 817 is the bend-edge 819, theother end (i.e. the lower end in the figure) of the inwardly bent fin824 is connected with a lower end connection piece 825, the anglebetween them is called as a lower bend-edge 826. From FIG. 17, the sidewall cut line 822 and the axis line 827 shall be in the same plane.

The mold shown in FIG. 19 shows the structure characteristics of apunched shaped mold of a louver structure ventilation window of the sidewall of the invention: a concave mold 828 is the upper mold, the shapedconvex tooth 829 is on an inner cavity wall of the concave mold 828, thefigure shows that all of the shaped convex teeth 829 and the concavemold 828 are one integral structure, and can also be designed as astructure which is inlaid and fixed to be an integral body. The outeredge of the convex mold 834 is provided with a shaped groove 835corresponding to the shaped convex tooth 829, the shaped groove 835extends all along to the upper end of the convex mold 834 and forms anopening, the shaped convex tooth 829 can be inserted into the shapedgroove 834 axially (the direction of the axis line 827 of the centeraxis of the convex mold 834 in the figure), as is shown by the arrow830.

the convex tooth front surface 831 of the shaped convex tooth 824 isdesigned to be a sharp angle (a bevel angle) against the axis line 827,as is shown in FIG. 20, the convex tooth front surface 831 moves axiallyand downwards (Arrow 838), due to the bevel angle b (b<90°), thedirection of the force of the convex tooth front surface 831 applied onthe metal shell wall 840 is Arrow 839, the metal shell wall 840 ispushed inwards and constitutes the inwardly bent fin 824.

From FIG. 20, it can be seen that the shaped convex tooth 824 isprovided thereon with a surface (which is called as a sliding frictionsurface 833) which slides and rubs relative to the inwardly bent fin824, the convex-tooth front surface 831 is also a sliding frictionsurface. the included angle (b) between the convex-tooth front surface831 and the axis line 827 generally adopts the range of 20°-70°, themost preferably the range of 40°-50°, meanwhile, the included angle (a)between the outer edge surface 817 and the axis line 827 shall bedesigned to be equal to or bigger than b (a≧b), a shall be less than90°, and adopts the range of 30°-70°.

FIG. 19 shows that the convex tooth front surface 831 has a convex toothcutting edge 832, the convex mold 834 is provided thereon with thecorresponding end surface cutting edge 837 and a side wall cutting edge836, it shows that the mole shown in FIG. 19 can realizes that, a singlemold station will complete the cutting process of the edge surface cutline 820 and the side wall cut line 822 on the heat dissipation metalshell 1 and the process that the shaped convex tooth 829 axially pushesthe metal shell wall 840 to form the inwardly bent fin 824. The cuttingprocess of the edge surface cut line 820 and the side wall cut line 822as well as the process of the shaping of the inwardly bent fin 824 canalso be carried out by two stations. From FIG. 19, the side wall cuttingedge 836 and the axis line 827 shall be in the same plane for the shapedconvex tooth 829 moving forward axially.

In FIG. 21, the front shell 4 and the rear shell 9 are provided, theside wall 2 and the rear shell 9 are made of the same metal plate. Therear shell 9 is provided thereon with the ventilation window 10 with alouver type structure. The side wall 2 is provided with the ventilationwindow 3 with a staggered structure and two outer edge surfaces 817. Asis shown in FIG. 22, the edge of the tooth notch 818 on the outer edgesurface 817 consists of two edge surface cut lines 820 and one bend-edge819, each edge surface cut line 820 is connected with the side wall cutline 822 correspondingly. The upper end of the inwardly bent fin 824 isthe bend-edge 819 while the lower end is the lower bend-edge 826.

The rear shell 9 and the side wall 2 shown in FIG. 23 of the inventionhave a square-shape cross section (which can also have an ellipticalcross section, a polygon cross section, and even a triangular crosssection). the ventilation window 10 on the rear shell 9 adopts thelouver type structure, the cut line is an arc line, the figure showsthat the ventilation window 3 on the side wall 9 adopts the staggeredstructure, only the lower half section of the side wall 2 is providedwith the ventilation window 3, the outer edge surface 817 shall belongto the part of the side wall 2.

The invention proposes a technical solution to solve the glare problem:the solid-state light source is provided with a reflecting cup, morethan one half of the light transmitted from the solid-state light sourceirradiates on the reflecting surface of the reflecting cup and isreflected out of the light-source engine from the reflecting cup. Thereare three concrete solutions.

Embodiment 1

as is shown in FIG. 24, the solid-state light source 6 is a single lampbead, the front side of the lamp bead is provided with a lightdistribution lens 25, more than one half of the light transmitted fromthe solid-state light source 6 irradiates on the reflecting cup 26 afterpassing through the light distribution lens 25, and is reflected out ofthe light-source engine, as is shown by a dotted line 27 indicating thelight in the figure. The reflecting cup 26 in the figure is formed fromthe front shell 4 stretched backwards.

Embodiment 2

As is shown in FIG. 25, at the front of the solid-state light source 6there is a lamp wick reflector 29, the lamp wick reflector 29 reflectsmore than one half of the light transmitted from the solid-state lightsource 6 to the reflecting cup 26, as is shown by the dotted line 27indicating light in the figure. The reflecting cup 26 in the figure isformed by the front shell 4 being stretched backwards.

Embodiment 3

as is shown in FIG. 26, at the front of the solid-state light source 6there are a lamp wick cover 32 and a lamp wick reflector 29 which iswithin the lamp wick cover 32, the lamp wick cover 32 is provided with aside wall facing the reflecting cup 26, the side wall adopts anastigmatic structure or is made of an astigmatic material, the lightirradiating on the side wall of the lamp wick cover 32, whether beingfrom the solid-state light source 6 directly or being reflected from thelamp wick reflector 29, produces diffuse scattering after passingthrough the astigmatic structure or the astigmatic material of the sidewall of the lamp wick cover 32, and irradiates on the reflecting cup 26,and then is reflected out of the reflecting cup 26, as is shown by thedotted line 27 indicating light in the figure.

The solid-state light source engine shown by FIG. 27 of the invention isprovided with the lamp wick cover 32, the light-source lamp bead 35 isprovided with a spotlight cup 36. The heat conduction core 18, thesolid-state light source 6, the lamp wick reflector 29 and the lamp wickcover 32 can constitute one independent standard component—a solid-statelight lamp core.

In FIG. 24, the fastening connection between the front shell 4 and theside wall 2 adopts the buckle connection structure, as is shown in thelocal part G in the figure, and which is similar to FIG. 13, the edge ofthe side wall 2 is packed by the edge of the front shell 4 and providedwith a light-admitting lamp cover 24 also.

In FIG. 25, the outer edge of the fin 13 in the heat dissipation metalshell is provided with an outer bend-edge 28 which contacts the innerwall of the side wall 2, the contacting surface therebetween may be thecontact heat-transfer surface. The figure also shows a panel 30 whichmay function as decoration, the fastening connection between the edge ofthe side wall 2 and that of the front shell 4 adopts a peripheralaccessory pressing connection structure, a peripheral accessory ispositioned on the panel 30, as is shown in the local part H of thefigure.

In FIG. 26, the front shell 4 is provided with the ventilation window 31and is stretched backwards, the stretched wall is provided thereon witha louver structure ventilation window 401. A cavity formed by thebackwards stretched front shell 4, the reflecting cup 26 is within thecavity. The reflecting cup 26 adopts the sleeve structure constitutingthe contact heat-transfer surface between the reflecting cup 26 and theheat conduction core 18, the reflecting cup is used also for heatdissipation. the reflecting cup 26 shall be made of metal material andhad better be made of an aluminium plate.

FIG. 26 also shows that: the panel 30 is formed by the extending section402 of the front shell 4, the extending section 201 of the side wall 2extends to be at the back of the panel 30 and constitutes a backreinforcing plate 33 of the panel 30. The panel 30 can also be designedto consist of the extending section 201 of the side wall 2. The localpart N of the figure shows the fastening connection structure betweenthe edge of the front shell 4 and that of the side wall 2, which shallbelong to a buckle connection structure.

In FIG. 27, at the back of the rear shell 9 there is a rear outer shell39, the stretched wall 38 of the outer edge of the rear outer shell 39is made by the stretch of the metal plate from the rear outer shell 39,the stretched wall 38 can also be provided with a louver type orstaggered structure ventilation window. The rear outer shell 39 isprovided thereon with a ventilation window 40 of a louver type structure(it can also adopt the staggered type structure), the cut line of theventilation window shall be in radiation shape; the middle part of therear outer shell 39 adopts a structure stretched forwards, the stretchedwall is provided thereon with a ventilation window 41 of a louver typestructure (it can also adopt a staggered structure), the contact heattransfer between the rear outer shell 39 and the heat conduction core 18is direct contact heat transfer in the figure and also can be designedto be indirect contact heat transfer. The figure also shows that thefastening connection between the extending section 201 of the side wall2 and the extending section 402 of the front shell 4 adopts a peripheralaccessory clamping connection structure, an outer reinforced ring 37 inthe figure is the peripheral accessory.

The effective ventilation area of a louver type structure ventilationwindow in the invention is defined as: referring to FIG. 4, theeffective ventilation area of a single opening is equal to the productof the width b of the opening 16 multiplied by the length of the opening16, the sum of the effective ventilation area of all the openings is theeffective ventilation area of the whole louver type ventilation window.

The effective ventilation area of a staggered structure ventilationwindow in the invention is defined as, referring to FIG. 3:

When the width b of the opening 16 is less than or equal to one half ofthe width c of the fin 15 b, the effective ventilation area constitutedby a single fin 15 b is equal to the product of the 2 b multiplied bythe length of the opening 16, the sum of the effective ventilation areaconstituted by all the fins 15 b is the effective ventilation area ofthe whole staggered ventilation window.

When the width b of the opening 16 is bigger than one half of the widthc of the fin 15 b, if the width c of the fin 15 b is less than or equalto the width e of the fin 15 a, the effective ventilation areaconstituted by a single sheet 15 b is equal to c multiplied by thelength of the opening 16, the sum of the effective ventilation areaconstituted by all the fins 15 b is the effective ventilation area ofthe whole staggered structure ventilation window; if c is bigger than e,the calculation is carried out according to the fin 15 a, the effectiveventilation area of a single fin 15 a is equal to the product of emultiplied by the length of the opening 16, the sum of the effectiveventilation area of all the fins 15 a is the effective ventilation areaof the whole staggered structure ventilation window.

According to the above definition, the maximum theoretical value of thepermeation rate of a staggered structure ventilation window is 0.5, thepermeation rate of the side wall 2 proposed in the invention shall be0.2, and is 40% of the maximum theoretical value, which indicates thatit is big enough.

The permeation rate of the side wall 2 of the invention is defined asthe quotient obtained by the effective ventilation area of theventilation window of the side wall 2 divided by the area of the sidewall 2, the effective ventilation area of a louver type or staggeredstructure ventilation window is calculated based on the abovedefinition. The area of the side wall 2 is calculated based on thefollowings:

When the side wall 2 is in arc connection with the front shall 4 and therear shell 9, the tangent point is adopted when the included angle ofarc tangent line and an axis is 40°, such as point P and point Q in FIG.28, and thus the demarcation point of the side wall 2 as well as therear shell 9 and the front shell 4 is determined, the area of the outersurface in h in FIG. 28 is the area of the side wall 2.

When the side wall 2 as well as the front shell 4 and the rear shell 9are in cant connection, as is shown in FIG. 29, if the included angle βof the cant and the axis is bigger than 40°, the area of the side wall 2is calculated according to the area of the outer surface in h2, if theincluded angle β of the cant and the axis is less than or equal to 40°,the area of the side wall 2 is calculated according to the area of theouter surface in h1.

The theoretic limit of the permeation rate of the louver structureventilation window is 1.0, however, due to the factors such as heatconduction, wall thickness, strength and processing, the actuallyrealized permeation rate is very low, for the heat dissipation metalshell 1 shown in FIG. 12, the open porosity of the ventilation window 3of the side wall 2 is very high while the permeation rate of the sidewall 2 is only about 0.4.

The permeation rate of the side wall 2 proposed by the invention shallnot be less than 0.2 based on experiments and theoretical analysis:according to the experiments and the theoretical analysis, thedifference between the heat dissipation performance can reach 50% whenthe permeation rate of the side wall 2 is within the range of 0.2-0.4,the difference between the heat dissipation performance can reach onetime when the permeation rate of the side wall 2 is within the range of0.1-0.4, the heat dissipation performance of the permeation rate of theside wall 2 of 0.2 is higher by one time than that of the side wall 2 of0 (without the ventilation window). When a product is actually designed,the minimum permeation rate of the side wall 2 shall reach 0.3, becausewhen the processing is taken into account, the permeation rate of theside wall 2 of 0.3 is easily achieved while the heat dissipationperformance is also very high.

The ventilation window provided on the rear shell 9, the fin 13 and therear outer shell 39 shall also be large enough, their permeation rateshall at least reach 0.2 to ensure smooth convection of airflow, in anactual product design, the permeation rate shall reach more than 0.3.

The permeation rate of the rear shell 9 of the invention is defined tobe the quotient obtained by the effective ventilation area of all theventilation windows divided by the projection area of the rear shell 9in the axis direction. The effective ventilation area of the louver typeor staggered structure ventilation window is calculated based on theabove definition.

The projection area of the rear shell 9 in the axis direction is definedto be the difference of the area of the diameter D reduced by the areaof the diameter d in FIG. 28. In FIG. 29, if angle β is bigger than 40°,the projection area is the difference of the area of the diameter of D1reduced by the area of the diameter d; if angle β is less than or equalto 40°, the projection area is the difference of the area of thediameter of D2 reduced by the area of the diameter d. The definition andcalculation of the permeation rate of the rear outer shell 39, the fin13 shall conform to the permeation rate of the rear shell 9.

If the thickness of the metal plate is reduced, the cost may be reduced,but there are factors reducing the heat dissipation amount. Theinfluence of the thickness of the wall on heat transfer is in acurvilinear relation, the influence of the thickness of the wall on heattransfer can be analyzed with fin efficiency conception to ensure areasonable value of the thickness of the wall of the heat dissipationmetal shell 1.

The fin efficiency is defined to be the quotient obtained by actual heatdissipation amount divided by the heat dissipation amount obtained whenthe fin does not have thermal-conduction resistance therein (that is,the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the fin material isinfinite). Based on the parameters obtained through experiments, with acomputer numerical simulation analysis, the influence of the thicknessof the wall on the fin efficiency is obtained when the heat dissipationmetal shell 1 is made of aluminum material in the invention.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 180 mm and the thickness of thewall is 1.0 mm, the fin efficiency is 64%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 1.2 mm, that is, it is increased by 20%, the finefficiency is increased by only 5.5%; when the thickness of the wall isincreased to be 1.5 mm, that is, it is increased by 50%, the finefficiency is increased by only 12%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 150 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.8 mm, the fin efficiency is 68%. When the thickness of thewall is increased to be 1.0 mm, that is, it is increased by 25%, the finefficiency is increased by only 6%, when the thickness of the wall isincreased to be 1.3 mm, that is, it is increased by 62%, the finefficiency is increased by only 12%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 130 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.7 mm, the fin efficiency is 70%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.9 mm, that is, it is increased by 28%, the finefficiency is increased by only 6.5%, when the thickness is increased tobe 1.15 mm, that is, it is increased by 64%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 12.5%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 115 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.6 mm, the fin efficiency is 68%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.8 mm, that is, it is increased by 33%, the finefficiency is increased by only 7%, when the thickness is increased tobe 1.0 mm, that is, it is increased by 67%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 13%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 100 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.6 mm, the fin efficiency is 74%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.8 mm, that is, it is increased by 33%, the finefficiency is increased by only 5.5%, when the thickness is increased tobe 1.0 mm, that is, it is increased by 67%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 9.5%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 90mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.5 mm, the fin efficiency is 76%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.7 mm, that is, it is increased by 40%, the finefficiency is increased by only 6.5%, when the thickness is increased tobe 0.9 mm, that is, it is increased by 80%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 9%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 80 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.5 mm, the fin efficiency is 78%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.6 mm, that is, it is increased by 40%, the finefficiency is increased by only 6.5%, when the thickness is increased tobe 0.8 mm, that is, it is increased by 60%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 9%.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 70 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.4 mm, the fin efficiency is 77%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.6 mm, that is, it is increased by 50%, the finefficiency is increased by only 7%, when the thickness is increased tobe 0.7 mm, that is, it is increased by 75%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 10%

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is 60 mm and the thickness of thewall is 0.4 mm, the fin efficiency is 80%, when the thickness of thewall is increased to be 0.5 mm, that is, it is increased by 25%, the finefficiency is increased by only 3.5%, when the thickness is increased tobe 0.6 mm, that is, it is increased by 50%, the fin efficiency isincreased by only 6.5%.

Based on the above results, taking the other factors (for example,structural strength, the ratio of material cost against processing cost,the influence by the whole size) into account, it is analyzed that, inan actual product design, the thickness of the wall of the heatdissipation metal shell 1 is selected as follows:

When there is 180 mm≧D>150 mm, there is δ≦1.5 mm, preferably δ<1.25 mm.When there is 150 mm≧D>130 mm, there is δ≦1.3 mm, preferably δ<1.1 mm.When there is 130 mm≧D>115 mm, there is δ≦1.15 mm, preferably δ<0.95 mm.When there is 115 mm≧D>100 mm, there is δ≦1.0 mm, preferably δ<0.85 mm.When there is 100 mm≧D>90 mm, there is δ≦0.95 mm, preferably δ<0.8 mm.When there is 90 mm≧D>80 mm, there is δ≦0.9 mm, preferably δ<0.75 mm.When there is 80 mm≧D>70 mm, there is δ≦0.85 mm, preferably δ<0.7 mm.When there is 70 mm≧D>60 mm, there is δ≦0.8 mm, preferably δ<0.65 mm.When there is D≦60 mm, there is δ≦0.7 mm, preferably δ<0.6 mm.

D represents the diameter of the side wall 2, δ represents the thicknessof the wall of the heat dissipation metal shell 1.

When the diameter of the side wall 2 is not uniform, the average valueof the maximum value and the minimum value (the average diameter) isobtained; when the cross section of the side wall 2 is not circular, theequivalent diameter of equal area is obtained, for example, for a squareof which the cross section of the side wall 2 has side length E, thereis its equivalent diameter of D=2E/√π=1.12E; when the thickness of thewall is not uniform, the average value of the side wall thickness(average thickness) is obtained.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the invention have been fullyand effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown anddescribed for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structuralprinciples of the invention and is subject to change without departurefrom such principles. Therefore, this invention includes allmodifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the followingclaims.

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(canceled) 23: A solid-state light source heat dissipation metalshell, comprising a and a front shell, or a side wall and a rear shell,or a side wall , a front shell and a rear shell, wherein the heatdissipation metal shell is provided with a contact heat-transfer surfacedirectly or indirectly in contact with a solid-state light source, partor all of the heat generated by a semiconductor light source istransmitted to the surface of the heat dissipation metal shell anddissipated out, characterized in that: the side wall and the front shellare made of the same metal plate, or the side wall and the rear shellare made of the same metal plate, or a part of the side wall and thefront shell are made of the same metal plate, and a part of the sidewall and the rear shell are made of the same metal plate, the side wallis provided with a ventilation window with a louver type structure or astaggered structure, a cut line of the ventilation window adopts astructure along the stretching direction of the side wall. 24: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterized in that:the permeation ratio of the side wall is not less than 0.20. 25: Theheat dissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 24, characterized inthat: the permeation ratio of the side wall is not less than 0.30. 26:The heat dissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterizedin that: when there is 180 mm≧D>150 mm, there is δ≦1.5 mm, when there is150 mm≧D>130 mm, there is δ≦1.3 mm, when there is 130 mm≧D>115 mm, thereis δ≦1.15 mm, when there is 115 mm≧D>100 mm, there is δ≦1.0 mm, whenthere is 100 mm≧D>90 mm, there is δ≦0.95 mm, when there is 90 mm≧D>80mm, there is δ≦0.9 mm, when there is 80 mm≧D>70 mm, there is δ≦0.85 mm,when there is 70 mm≧D>60 mm, there is δ≦0.8 mm, when there is D≦60 mm,there is δ≦0.7 mm, wherein D represents the equivalent diameter of theside wall , δ represents the average thickness of the wall of the heatdissipation metal shell. 27: The heat dissipation metal shell, asrecited in claim 23, characterized in that: the side wall is formed bythe stretch of the metal plate of the rear shell, or the front shell, orthe rear shell and the front shell. 28: The heat dissipation metalshell, as recited in claim 27, characterized in that: the heatdissipation metal shell is provided with an outer edge surface, aninwardly bent fin of the ventilation on the side wall is connecteddirectly with the outer edge surface, the junction is a bend-edge, theother end of the inwardly bent fin is connected with a lower endconnection piece, the junction is a lower bend-edge. 29: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 27, characterized in that:when the heat dissipation metal shell is provided with the rear shell,the rear shell adopts a structure stretched forwards and is providedwith a ventilation window with a louver type structure or a staggeredstructure, a cut line of the ventilation window adopts a structure alongthe stretch direction. 30: The heat dissipation metal shell, as recitedin claim 27, characterized in that: when the heat dissipation metalshell is provided with the front shell, the front shell adopts astructure stretched backwards and is provided with a ventilation windowwith a louver type structure or staggered structure, a cut line of theventilation window adopts a structure along the stretch direction. 31:The heat dissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterizedin that: when the heat dissipation metal shell is provided with the rearshell, the rear shell is provided with a ventilation window with alouver type structure or staggered structure, a cut line of theventilation window adopts a structure in radiation shape. 32: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 31, characterized in that:the permeation rate of the rear shell is not less than 0.20. 33: Theheat dissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterized inthat: when the heat dissipation metal shell is provided with the frontshell, the front shell is provided with a ventilation window with alouver type structure or staggered structure, a cut line of theventilation window adopts a structure in radiation shape. 34: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterized in that:when the heat dissipation metal shell has the front shell and the rearshell, and the side wall and the rear shell are made of the same metalplate, a fastening connection structure is provided between the edge ofthe side wall or the side-wall extending section and the edge of thefront shell or the front-shell extending section. 35: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 34, characterized in that:the fastening connection between the edge of the side wall or theside-wall extending section and the edge of the front shell or thefront-shell extending section adopts a buckle connection. 36: The heatdissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23, characterized in that:a panel is provided, the side wall has a side-wall extending section,the side-wall extending section extends to be at the back of the panel.37: The heat dissipation metal shell, as recited in claim 23,characterized in that: the heat dissipation metal shell is providedtherein with a fin with a sleeve structure or a lamination structure, aventilation window with a louver type structure or a staggered structureis provided on the fin, a cut line of the ventilation window adopts astructure in radiation shape; the outer edge of the fin has a outerbend-edge. 38: An solid-state light source engine, comprising a heatdissipation metal shell, a solid-state light source, the heatdissipation metal shell comprises a side wall and a front shell, or aside wall and a rear shell, or a side wall, a front shell and a rearshell, the heat dissipation metal shell is provided with a contactheat-transfer surface contacting directly or indirectly with thesolid-state light source, characterized in that: the heat dissipationmetal shell is made of a metal plate, the side wall is formed by thestretch of a metal plate from the rear shell, or the front shell, or therear shell and the front shell; the side wall is provided thereon with aventilation window in a louver type structure or a staggered structure,a cut line of the ventilation window adopts a structure along thestretch direction of the side wall, the solid-state light source isprovided with a reflecting cup; the front side of the solid-state lightsource is provided with a light distribution lens, after passing throughthe light distribution lens, more than one half of the light transmittedfrom the solid-state light source irradiates on the reflecting cup andis reflected out of the light source engine, or the front side of thesolid-state light source is provided with a lamp wick reflector, thelamp wick reflector reflects more than one half of the light transmittedfrom the solid-state light source to the reflecting cup and is reflectedout of the light-source engine, or the front side of the solid-statelight source is provided with a lamp-wick cover, the lamp wick cover isprovided with a side wall facing the reflecting cup, the side walladopts an astigmatic structure or is made of an astigmatic material. 39:The solid-state light source engine, as recited in claim 38,characterized in that: when the heat dissipation metal shell is providedwith the front shell, the front shell adopts a structure stretchedbackwards and the reflecting cup is formed by the front shell beingstretched backwards. 40: The solid-state light source engine, as recitedin claim 38, characterized in that: when the heat dissipation metalshell is provided with the front shell, the front shell adopts astructure stretched backwards, a ventilation window with a louver typestructure or staggered structure is provided on the stretched backwardswall of the front shell, a cut line of the ventilation window adopts astructure along the stretch direction; a cavity formed by the backwardsstretched front shell is provided therein with a reflecting cup. 41: Amethod for producing an solid-state light source heat dissipation metalshell as recited in claim 28, characterized in that: for the shapedmethod with a louver type or staggered structure ventilation window onthe side wall, a shaped convex tooth moves axially, pushes a metal shellwall to be deformed inwardly, and thus the inwardly bent fin is formedand a ventilation opening is formed. 42: The method, as recited in claim41, characterized in that: the process of an edge surface cut line and aside wall cut line as well as the process of the shaped convex toothpushing axially are in the same mold station.